Molecular Nails–Nucleotide Skittles

Friday, June 15, 2012

I have been wanting to try out something DNA-related for awhile, but there is no way in hell I am drawing this on my nails:

I’m sure one of you, should you decide to take on the challenge , will be able to make the DNA double helix look like a work of art, but it ain’t going to be me! I just decided to do something simple instead. For those of you who possibly remember some Grade 10 Biology, I’ve actually ordered the molecules in a certain way because within the DNA helix adenine pairs withthymine (uracil in RNA) and guanine pairs with cytosine.

Let me just say, it’s VERY hard to make nucleotide bases look pretty and yet they are the basic building blocks of our DNA! You know what? Maybe they just need some glitter!

26 comments

Love it! I wish I had your knowledge when it comes to Biology. I have an A, but I always end up getting (what I consider) bad grades on the tests.It looks difficult to do, but I love how you make Biology look so pretty!